Chapter 4 Slide Show - #3

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• The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly household chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years. over the past 30 years.

• The FDA is responsible for protecting the public The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their to use medicines and foods to improve their health. health.

• Serve the United States by ensuring Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system convenient transportation system that meets our vital national that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today life of the American people, today and into the future.and into the future.

• EPA leads the nation's environmental EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American environment for the American people.people.

• The FTC deals with issues that touch the The FTC deals with issues that touch the economic life of every American. It is the only economic life of every American. It is the only federal agency with both consumer protection federal agency with both consumer protection and competition jurisdiction in broad sectors of and competition jurisdiction in broad sectors of the economy. The FTC pursues vigorous and the economy. The FTC pursues vigorous and effective law enforcement; advances effective law enforcement; advances consumers’ interests by sharing its expertise consumers’ interests by sharing its expertise with federal and state legislatures and U.S. and with federal and state legislatures and U.S. and international government agencies; develops international government agencies; develops policy and research tools through hearings, policy and research tools through hearings, workshops, and conferences; and creates workshops, and conferences; and creates practical and plain-language educational practical and plain-language educational programs for consumers and businesses in a programs for consumers and businesses in a global marketplace with constantly changing global marketplace with constantly changing technologies.technologies.

• The Attorney General is in charge of the The Attorney General is in charge of the Department of Law and is often referred Department of Law and is often referred to as the state's "Top Cop." One of his to as the state's "Top Cop." One of his important duties is to make sure that important duties is to make sure that your neighborhoods and schools are safe. your neighborhoods and schools are safe. The Attorney General has a staff of The Attorney General has a staff of attorneys and investigators who figure attorneys and investigators who figure out what needs to be done to help protect out what needs to be done to help protect people and catch and punish criminalspeople and catch and punish criminals

• North Carolina’s FDA is Roy CooperNorth Carolina’s FDA is Roy Cooper

• A Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a A Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a private, nonprofit organization that private, nonprofit organization that provides services and programs to provides services and programs to assist consumers and businesses. The assist consumers and businesses. The focus of a Bureau's activities is to focus of a Bureau's activities is to promote an ethical marketplace by promote an ethical marketplace by encouraging honest advertising and encouraging honest advertising and selling practices, and alternative dispute selling practices, and alternative dispute resolution. The services and programs resolution. The services and programs offered by your Better Business Bureau offered by your Better Business Bureau can help you be a more informed, can help you be a more informed, knowledgeable and satisfied consumer. knowledgeable and satisfied consumer.